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nisnoani Of Sewage and Garbage.

The method Of dry removal Is still IN most
general use. and costs, IN Leeds, England,
saws Popular Science Monthly, twenty-four
cents per head year. The great defect Of
removal by water carriage, such as prevails
in all large cities. IS that usually It only takes
the nuisance 10 another place, without abat-
ing it. This fact and the failure Of the cur
rents depended upon 10 carry the stun far
enough away have led 10 the introduction OF
themethod OF water carriage with works for
publication by precipitation This SELECTED
at the KuoStrop works, Leeds, by means OF
set Of settling basins, with milk OF lime ns the
precipitant At Frankfort alumina ferric i
TO be used The method Of water carriage,
with filtration or irrigation, can be applied
with great advantage IN small towns but III
cit of more than 100000 inhabitants II l.
met bv the difficulty Of getting enough land
10 make the ehectual application OF filtration
or irrigation practicable. The method Of dry
removal and making up into salable products
is praciiced on "a large scale at Manchester,
England Urine and faces partially deodor-
lied with the house ashes are converted into
manure and a variety Of useful compounds
AT a cost of from twenty-four to thirty-seyen
cents per bead year. The Lernur separate
rheumatic system is judged to be more &
pensiye than any other well arranged method.
I'm some places in England and IN Holland
refuse not suitable for the sewers Is burned IN
Instructors at small cost
Dr. c. Weymouth Tidy, according 10 the
authority quoted from, says that no single
answer can be given to the question Of the
disposal Of sewage The adviser must sink
his bobby and prepare to find conditions
under which he would counsel irrigation, and
other conditions under which he would recon-
mend precipitation. Success at one place
furnishes no argument that process will bs
successful everywhere His own experience
of all kinds Of schemes has lei him 20 prefer
a scheme combining the principles Of precipi
tation and irrigation 1t has the advantages
that its efficient working Is independent Of Tax
weather; and that, II the works are sum
GENTLY large, any emergency Of quantity car
La met
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-08-16

A correspondent in a recent issue OF Inc
Scientific American gives the assurance that'
"vbile wa,ps, bees and scorpions have sting
or lancet like instrument at the end OF the
abdomen or tail, generally furnished with a
poi,on duct. serpents have venom weapons IN
The form Of the teeth only, never in any other
situaiiou.'
The venom Of serpents is not injurious TO
vegetation. as has been repeatedly illustrated,
though often 90 sonous to man. The author
itv i'm question asserts concerning the pine
snake about which many stories have been
circulated regarding its deadly venom, that
ajts tail does certainly end in a horny point,
rs is the casc with several Of our snakes, but
There is mo veuomous gland or duct connected
with it IN any way whatever it IS as harm
less as tie bul Of baby chick just out Of the
egg. Indeed. the pine snake Is in no way
harmful. Ii is without venom fangs, and Is
not a CONSTRUCTOR like the boas."
The pine sliase feeds upon frogs, toads, and
tbesnlaller mammals Ii is found occasion
ally ian Pennsylvania, frequently in New Jer-
sew, southwark to Florida.
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question at issue IN local politics in most
small towns in Kansas is not political one.
II is the enforcement or non-enf0rcement Of
the prohibitory law. Last spring the men Of
Argonia did not take hold of the question
with the vigor and determination the women
liked 10 see. The W. c. L. L. con
cuded 20 take matters into their
own hands They called caucus
and invited all voters. Ii met In the Baptist
church on Saturday evening. The election
was 70 take place on the following Monday
Il was conducted In manner quite unique
in political caucuses The meeting opened
with the singing Of america" which had
the effect Of firing the hearts Of those present
with patriotic ferYor. This effect then re-
ceived an extra coating Of strength by the
reading Of the i46th-or Crusade-psaln,
and a prayer which harmonized with both
the hymn and the psalm. Then the caucus
went theoretically to business and named It's
five couucilmen and mayor and went home
On Monday morning n facetious anti-pro-
hibitionist vas up with the lark and out with
some printed tickets containing the names OF
the five c1uncilmen; but instead Of the eau
Gus nominee for mayor Mrs. Salter's name
was substituted They were circulated as
gigantic burlesaue. The women OF the W. {.
I. u heard Of Il and determined 70 turn the
tables ON this bold humorist They called on
Mrs. Salter. who was up 70 her elbows IN
MONDAYS homework. aud urged her 70 take
the office il elected. She consented, and they
went to work for her like TroJans. Men
dropped their daily duties and helped the
women electioneer. By night Mrs. Salter
was mayor-elect She had received three
fourths Of all the votes cast, and the joker
was In sack cloth and ashes Little jokes
like that are often fraught with great re-
suits
A CORRESPONDENT attended a meeting OF the
council. Mayor Salter in a snug street dress
and fashionable straw hat, presided with dig-
nity and decorum When the four rattle
tongued young aldermen grew irrelevant In
their discussions she brought them to time at
once. Her followers praise her without STINT
which is more than her opponents could be
expected TO do.
The citizens Of Argonia, advanced though
they be can scarcely get accustomed 20 the
extraordinary innovation OF a mayor IN pet
ticoats. They point her out 10 strangers az
one Of the curiosities " the town. hecalci-
trant small boys regard her much as the New
York gamin does "cop" "There's the
mayor!n scatters them like acyclone.
Mrs Salter's father Oliver Kinsey, was
the first mayor Of Argonia, 50 1t rather runs
in the family TO bold office, like wooden legs
and artificial teeth.
Mavor Salter is now u years Of age. The
engraving. taken from sketch, represents
her rs rather severe Of countenance. She Is
n blonde Of medium height, is slender and
dresses neatly. What l. more, she can do
what no other mayor has ever done. She
makes her own clothes. She is the mother OF
four children, and can ~outcook' and "out-
dishwashn any mayor or alderman that ever
| ran
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A WOMAN MAYOR.
Kansas Ahead in the Advancement OF
Women.

II Is surely time to wake Nicodemus. The
Jubilee for the slaves occurred years ago, and
now women are beginning TO see the dawn OF
their day. In Argonia, Kan, they have a
woman mayor, and she is sailing through her
term of office with colors flying. Last spring
Susanna Medora Salter was duly eiected
mayor Of Argonia; also duly qualified ana Is
now duly and conscientiously operating tne
municipal machine.
Kansas, as everybody knows, Is a regular
four i'm hand state in the matter OF progress
sion. II carries more iaurels for radlcalisin,
in spite of its grasshoppers, than any state IN
the Union, or out Of it, Within her borders
was shed the first blood In the war for free
dom. She was the first 10 ratify the Four
tenth Amendment She led In the fight Tor
prohibition. and she is the first state In the
Union 10 grant 20 the women Of municipal
ties the right to vote on all matters referred
to popular suffrage. This carries with 1t the
right 10 hold municipal office, hence the
woman mayor.
As in the granting Of suffrage to women
in Wyoming and hundred other important
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-08-16
THE FACTS COMING OUT.

The disaster at ChatswOrth is now un-
derstood to be owing to the criminal care
lessness of the section men who had been
burning the grass near the bridge, and
failed to extinguish the fire. Though the
company tries hard to advance theory
that the fire was the work Of incendiaries,
II appears from the evidence Of numerous
witnesses that the fire was seen at the
bridge an hour or so after the
section men had left We are told also
in the reports of yesterday that the
immense excursion train drawn by two
engines was behind time, and running
at a terrific rate OF speed for so heavy a
train, there being two sleepers whose
weight when collision occurs mashcs
the lighter cars between them and the en-
gines. The engineer had strenously adyis
ed against putting SO many people on one
train, which began with the ordinary risk
of having to run between the allotted
hours Of regular trains The engineers
opinion was doubtless that Of every rail-
road hand who knows anything about
such things.
The responsibility seems to he fixed
and the punishment should be certain
and severe The Busy bridge accident
has already cost one company $45O,OOO
in damages for the loss Of life, and at
that rate several millions are due from
the authors OF the last disaster. But be-
sides this part of the punishment Is the
criminal part Of the affair in which the
whole country is interested
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WHERE Is TIE HEAL.

All sensible people who understand the
rights and the opportunities OF working
men under our American institutions
make a distinction between those organ
izations that act for the protection OF
rights and the others that seek TO pool
the interests Of all classes Of labor under
a centralized power, the tyranny of which
is now rapidly working the logical re-
suits Of false principles recklessly APP
piled. Several new organizations appear
to be taking decided ground against the
idea OF the Knights, and in that order
when the socialistic element shows itself
happily there Is found strong con-
servaiive sentiment to oppose it. start
ing with the acknowledged rights OF any
set of.men championed by labor unions
we cannot see how these rights can be
maintained by manual labor forming
"parlies" wherein that class OF labor Is
to be solidifed and at the same time $50
lated.
If labor, as manual laborers choose TO
apply the word solely to their particular
class. is to be benefited by any great po-
litical movement it must be shown the
way by some wiser persons than at pres
ent appear in the front. Mr.. Henry
George and his anti-poyerty theories Nc
Glynn and his sensation, and the rest OF
the present leaders pretend to abolish
poverty by abolishing what they con-
ceiyc to be the mistaken system OF wealth,
~ if The accumulatiOns Of wealth did
not come from cooperation OF
labor and capital in business. If these
philosophers want 10 do the wise ana
patriotic thing let them 90 to work to I'M
prove and develop the power oil labor
toward getting for it different relation
in this cooperation. But this Is not
their way, for it is the line of reason
and the way of common sense, demand
Ing patience and intelligence, while their
speculation is in passion and on the as
seriion that a perfect paradise can be
made on earth by arbitrary command.
Here is what Professor or Doctor Pen
tecost said in recitng a dream he had in
dulged in for the purpose Of providing
the working men with a paying anti
poverty lecture.
Here is part of the lecturers dream
Poverty, was told, had gone out Of
the world years ago. The river was
spanned with many bridges and there
were lots of tunnels, but no ferry boa:s.
New York, Jersey City, Brooklyn, even
llobokcn. were all one, with one mayor
and ten millions of people, who worked
from am. to pm, with an hour Tor
lunch. There were great theatres and
concert gardens open, but anybody could
walk in without paying a cent. / looked
for saloons, but couldn't find any. There
were some grand gardens where families
sat and listened TO music, and drank
whatever they wanted to. But the sa-
looms died out because when the tax was
taken off liquors it made them 80 dirt
cheap that no one wanted them. There
was no inducement TO treat.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-08-16

The rescue of Riddleberger is an inter
esting and dramatic episode. 1t is told
how a gang of masked men came to the jail
at night and whisked Riddleberger out of
the dungeon cell, took him in triumph to
his house and engaged in a wild and des-
perate debauch on watcrmelons.
The Judge who committed him was ex'
pected to hold court to day, and hay,
the majesty of the insulted law yindicated
and established by recommitting the
Senator to Jail.
In the meantime Riddleberger walk:
the town and descants on the deformitie'
of justice, and the outrage to the sacred
senatorial toga We do not know posi-
lively whether prohibition was an ISSUE
in Woodstock, but we incline to the opin
ion that 1t was not.
But it hopes to be.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-08-16

The new war ships promise some ap-
proach at least in the American navy TO
those of other powers. There are about
twenty vessels provided for that will at
tain speed Of fifteen knot, an hour, while
the Charlston and Norork will be able to
match the feetest new cruisers. A part OF
the plan of the new navy is TO have a
number of small swift vessels to car
nv single gun each, and though it
has not been officially announced il
NAV be taken for granted that these
will be devoted to the new idea in
warfare that was advanced when the
Government caused series of expert
ments TO be made in dynamite guns
which resulted in the manufacture OF one
that NAV De the model for any number
The enterprising American will not be
slow in case Of need TO discard any pre-
iudice that may exist against the most
destructive methods in war, and II j;
quite certain that the dynamite guns and
torpedoes would be the first departure.
The new navy. therefore, adding &c
Secretary Whitney's promises the last
feature above named, will doubtless be q
success. We doubt whether any enemy
will care to make itself the object Of oul
new experiments
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-08-16

We call attcnt ion to the dispatch on
the first page reviewing Surgeon John
+. Bransford's paper, which he read yes
terday before the American Association
for the Advancement of Science.
DR.. Bransford is Nirginan Of whom
all Nirginins may be proud, and
his most interesting contribution
to the scientific literature Of the day
is one of the most important historical
features of the great scheme Of an inter
oceanic canal which is about to start to-
wards the only practical consummation
that was ever open.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-08-16

men cam their ELIHU hNUHf JAVAaVN'
bread as bis employees Only few weeks
ago he purchased 81, 900 acres OF timber land
in Alabama, for which he paid 800, 900. He
expects 10 receive from this profit Of seven
times the purchase price. He IS million
nire. and his brothers are his business part
ners
He has had some political glory already.
He has had one term in the house Of delegates
and one in the state senate. He was elected
president Of the senate near the close Of the
last session Of the legislature
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-08-16

United States Senator Stanford refuses
to answer the questions of the Pacific
Railroad Commission relative to $780,
OOO-the disappearance Of which is not
explained on any books. This naturally
suggests the question whether or not
some of that money was not used TO
elect Stanford senator. Railroad cor
porations cannot buy a state
on the popular vote, but
it is notorious that the patriots who are
elected to State legislatures can be in
fuenced to vote for corporation candi-
dates. We know tie pretty little trick
of bribery by courtesy when a railway
king offers a Senator very little law
case for 100000 fee, and we know numer-
Gus instances where the magic changes In
votes of legislatures had but one single
explanation, and that one in the Stan
ford line of argument.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-08-16

things in Ameri
can politics, Mrs
Salter's candidacy
began as a joke. lt
was the burlesque
idea Of q faction
who had no sym
patty with women
as office holders.
The women showed
their power by
uniting their forces
and hosting said
faction with its
own petsrd, and
they did It without
any difficulty. 1t
yvos tlis uav. The
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-08-16
SPECIAL AND PERSONAL.

1t was what correspondents term an
open secret" but what in society is called
a good piece of gossip yesterday that the
Richmond amateurs were bordering on
the plan of performing play for the
benefit of the Lee monument.
When amateur talent is backed by the
rare beauty of women as was seen in the
last performance it only needs such a
good cause to attract a good audience
Governor Lee was TO be complimented
with the offer of the managerial honors.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-08-16

That theory about the lawn tennis girl's
shoulder being put out of the lines OF
beauty is a scare.
Let the girl set Cupid's net and bend
Cupid's bow just as much as she chooses
If anybody wants to criiicise lawn tennis
let him perform with light and ribald
satire on the bowlegged dude who plays
in brooches and blue stockings and
AN idiotic grin.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-08-16

The working men most of all ought tore
greet that the Chicago Anarchists were not
promptly hung, as they certainly ought
to have been
The stand the Socialists take for recog-
milton by the X. Of j.. convention AT Min
neapolis shows the harm that may be
done TO the lsboring men by the risk OF
suspicion of any coalition with such men.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-08-16

post, hlS INNS NlSS- BAlANAI sNVED'
ing on each side Of it, The post reaches 70
the height Of his chin. His arms. legs and
body are tied 10 stakes A strong sapling Is
bent down, having at It's extremity collar
suspended by cords This collar is placed
around the victims neck, producing 50 great
tension that, when the executoner delivers
the blow, the severed head is thrown into the
air with the force Of bomb In all proba-
biltv this device for making the neck taut
arises from tl.e clumsy nature Of the sword
employed, and the consequent difficulty in
using it for docapitation. The post IN front
Of the mans neck also facilitates the entire
removal Of the head. This execution shows
an ingenious arrangement Of machinery
b accomplish an end, resulting in queer
combination of hanging and decapitation.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-08-16
A Comforting Invention.

Among new contrivances for comfort dur
Ing hot weather there is said TO figure AN au-
tomato night fan having a clasp by which IT
4 fastened to the headboard Of Il bedstead.
Being wound up, 1t sways back and forth, .bJ
means Of springs, to refresh the wouldbe
slumberer. This apparatus is expected to
work one hour. At the end Of that time, IL
sleep has not come, it way be again wound
70 run for Like period
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-08-16
FOR GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND.
Fllhu Emory Jackson Nominated by the

Fllhu Emory Jackson Nominated by the
Democrats
The Democrats Of Maryland have nomi'
mated Elihu Emory jackson as their candi-
date for governor. He is not man Of snowy
qualities, but he makes up for any lack OF
pretentious appearance IN being Of sterling
integrity. OF plain tastes. he has devoted
himself 70 business and been quite successful
He has made fortune. Salisbury, county
seat Of Wicomico, is bis home. IL Is one Ok
the lower counties Of the eastern Section Of
the state. Near there is his birthplace. He
was the eldest OF five children His education
~ uractical He taught school. was a
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-08-16


storekeeper, an d
finally went into
the lumber trade,
which made him
rich He now has
large branches OF
his business IN
many Of the large
seacoast cities. and
his firm owns Il
railroad in Vir-
ginia, a feet OF
boats on the Chesa
peake, and forests
in North Carolina
Fifteen thousand
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-08-16

Put Malone and the debt question on
fee until September, and then the TINE;
will undertake 10 warm him over and
our able contemporaries, who are now
undertaking the culinary department OF
the canvass, will find that we will be as
far ahead of them as the Campaign used
10 be-.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-08-16
PerIls OF the Faith Cure.

Beggar-Give me a nickel, siri
edestran-Why, amt you the fellow who
had tin card hanging on your breast yester-
day saying that you were blindi
Beggar-Er-yes, but tried the faith cure
last night-Judga
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-08-16
RAILROADS.
FREDERICKSBURG

DICHMOND, FREDERICKSBURG
IL AND POTOMAC RAILROADS.&C.
commencing MAY 18th, lSoI-eastern stan
dard time
7:25 am. leaves Byrd street station daily; stops
only at Ashland Junction. MILFORD.
and Fredericksburg. sleeper 20
Washington. Leaves Washington Ter
New York at ll:i0 am.
OT am leaves Byrd street station daily, cN-
cept Sunday. Leaves Washington for
New York az An pm. also by limited
at $3.50 pm. Parlor car TO washing
ton.
$40 pm. caves Byrd street station daily
sleeper to New York.
1929 am. arrives at Byrd street station daily
sleeper from New York.
ESQ pm. arrives at Byrd street station daily
stops at Fredericksburg. Milford. and
Junction. Sleeper from Washington.
Oils pm. arrives at Byrd street station daily.
exccpt Sunday Parl0r ear from
Washington.
ASHLAND TRAINS.
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAYS.
400 pm. accommodation. leaves BROAD street
station arrives at Ashland go pm.
60i pm leaves Eliza; arrives at Ashland az
6:il pm.
6:25 am. arrives at Elba; leaves Ashland AT
5.,i am.
S65 am. accommodation. arrives az Broad
street station; leaves Ashland at Nl
am.
$3.50 pm. arrives at Elba leaves Ashland at
jl2 pm.
CA. TAYLOR. General Ticket Agent.
+. T. ID. MYERS. General Sup srntendout.
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fnhahitius the
country betwccn
the Congo and the
river draining Lake
Leopold H.
ThccXccuti0ners
sword i, "a short,
heavy two edged
weapon, blunt az
one end, where II
prof cts iu "a spur
ON each side The
hilt j. Of wood
wound with brass
wire, giving a very
firm grip The Sc
rios of shallo W
grooves through
the middle are
called "blOOd
grooves"
In executing, the
condemned is made
20 sit down on "A
block just behind q
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ASHLAND TRAINS.
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAYS.
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO ROUTE
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT JUNE l2rH.
1851
LEAVE RICHNlONn:

$40 an For Newport News. Old Point Com
fort and Norfolk, daily except sun
day
u.I0 Am Through and Local Mail 10 all
points West. seepers from Clifton
Forge tO Louisville and ~. Louis.
except Sunday.
400 pm For Newport $ News, Old Point and
Norfolk Except Sunday.
400 pm Charlottesville accommodation.
Except Sunday.
$50 pm For Louisville. Cincinnati. Chicago
81. Louis. Memphis and New Or
leans Fast Express. withthr0ngh
Pullmans Daily. only route run
ming Pullmans West from Rich
$40 pm Limited for old Point, daily except
Sunday.
SUNDAY EXCURSION
to Newport News, Old Point and
Norfolk at am.
ARRIVE RICHMOND.
s.25 am Charlottesville accommodation.
Hos am From Norfolk Old Point anc
Newport News, except Sunday.
$50 pm From Local points and the west
daily except Sunday.
6:S5 pm From Norfolk, oM Point and New
port News daily.
$40 pm From Louisville and Cincinnati
Fast Express daily.
Sunday excursion train from Old
Point and Newport News arrives in
Richmond at 635 pm.
Depot Seventeenth and Broad streets.
Ticket-onices 1000 Main street and depot
II. W.. FULLER.
General Passenger Agent
WINS. G. WICKHAM Second President
RICHMOND, FREDERICKSBURG AM
~ POTOMAC.
THROUGH ALI~RAIL FASI-FKElGHl
LINE TO AND FROM BALTIMORE,
PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK,
AND EAST l. h y AND
WESTERN CITIES.
ONLY TWELVE HOURS BEfWkEN
RICHMOND AND BALTIMORE
IN EACH DIRECTION.
Correspondingly quick timetootherpoInls
Through bills of laden issued az ioU rates
G.. 4. TAYLOR.
oc y General Freight Agent